Spying and the Cold War / Burgan, Michael

Presents facts on espionage around the world during the Cold War, chronicling the Cold War's major events and discussing such topics as the Manhattan Project, the division of Berlin, the U-2 spy plane, "Sputnik, " the Cuban missile crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and spies such as Gu nter Guillaume and Dmitri Polyakov.

Provides information about the Cold War, a political power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on how spies and intelligence agents were used in an attempt to gain the advantage, and looking at milestones in the stand-off, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the building of the Berlin Wall.